Sammy Todd was a former football player for Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 and Glentoran.

Club career

Todd joined Burnley from Glentoran as a 17 year old defender/midfield man in 1962 becoming the third ex-Glens player to transfer to Turf Moor

Turf Moor

Turf Moor is a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire. It is the home ground of Burnley Football Club, which has played there since moving from its Calder Vale ground in 1883. The stadium, which is situated on Harry Potts Way, named so after the club's longest serving Manager, has a capacity of...

 in the sixties, following Jimmy McIlroy

Jimmy McIlroy

James "Jimmy" McIlroy MBE is a former football player, regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of Burnley Football Club.-At Burnley:...

 and Alex Elder

Alex Elder

Alexander "Alex" Russell Elder is a retired Northern Irish football left back, who played for Burnley.He was said to plays a very mature game for someone with so little experience of top-class football...

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He made his league debut for Burnley against Tottenham Hotspur at Turf Moor in the 1963/64 season, Burnley recording a 7-2 victory over Spurs.

He made a total of 118 appearances for Burnley scoring one league and one League Cup

Football League Cup

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 goal.

At the end of the 1969-1970 season, Todd was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for £40,000. He would, however, only make 22 appearances in four seasons in Sheffield and was loaned out to Mansfield

Mansfield Town F.C.

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 in February 1974.

In the twilight of his career, Todd enjoyed brief stints with both Great Harwood

Great Harwood F.C.

Great Harwood F.C. was an English football club based in Great Harwood, Lancashire. Their colours were red and white, and they played at the Showground.-History:The club was founded in the 1880s. In 1908 the joined Division Two of the Lancashire Combination...

 of the Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League

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 and Dallas Tornado

Dallas Tornado

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 of the original NASL

North American Soccer League

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International career

Todd represented both Northern Ireland schools and the Under-23 team in the sixties before making his senior debut in 1966.

His first appearance came as a substitute

Substitute (football)

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 in a friendly game

Exhibition game

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 with Mexico

Mexico national football team

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 at Windsor Park

Windsor Park

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He was capped a total of 11 times for Northern Ireland.